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> Wow, I suck!, DFL in class at Parade autoX
Dave_Darling
post Jul 4 2007, 06:43 PM
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I figured I'd be fighting for DFL. I didn't figure on being unable to improve. Grr...

It's a long, long course! (1:28 for me!) High speed, quite a bit of 3rd gear. No slaloms, lots of S-turns. And some straights, too!

My primary competition in class is one of the local hot-shoes; he is usually 5 seconds off TToD (on these large courses they run!), and was unhappy to be ~8 seconds off it today. He's got more car than I do (headers, tires, wheels; equivalent suspension) and he really knows how to use it.

TToD was Steve Nielsony, with a low 1:12! Provasi was 6/100 of a second behind him, with some other "lesser" machinery in 3rd.

Cool day, but way too long! I showed up to work the course at 6:45 AM, and got back here at 3:30 after running.

Tired. Now we go to Sea World and watch the fireworks.

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post Jul 4 2007, 06:49 PM
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did the smurfmobile show up?

on a long course I am surprised that Steve would edge out Tom.

sounds like your competition was driving a car very similar to mine.
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post Jul 4 2007, 07:20 PM
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Steve N. is quick! After seeing his car for the first time recently I had to copy him a bit with the aluminum pointy hood pins that he has. I'm sure they will make my 914 faster. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jul 4 2007, 07:41 PM
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Tom actually got a 1:11 on one run but hit a cone! I think the uneven course surface hurt Tom's car more than Steve's. After I checked my picts I noticed in several of them that Provasi's car had one or two of the wheels with very little contact where Steve's car sat much flatter in the same place.
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post Jul 4 2007, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jul 4 2007, 05:49 PM) *

did the smurfmobile show up?

on a long course I am surprised that Steve would edge out Tom.

sounds like your competition was driving a car very similar to mine.



I told y'all... Steve's got mad skillz... Let's see what Joy can do. She is developing very well.
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QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jul 4 2007, 05:49 PM) *

did the smurfmobile show up?

on a long course I am surprised that Steve would edge out Tom.

sounds like your competition was driving a car very similar to mine.



I told y'all... Steve's got mad skillz... Let's see what Joy can do. She is developing very well.


I know Steve has skills, we used to AX against each other years ago with BI cars.
He has always been quick.
Not surprised he won, just that is was on a long high speed course that usually plays well for the high HP big tired cars.
With that in consideration, it is even a bigger accomplishment.

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post Jul 4 2007, 10:57 PM
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Can we get some pics up of these cars? Not all of us could be there.
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post Jul 4 2007, 11:07 PM
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post Jul 4 2007, 11:20 PM
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post Jul 4 2007, 11:21 PM
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Look at the left rear tire.


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post Jul 5 2007, 06:07 PM
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No pics of the fast people--I was in the driver's meeting for my group, and then was waiting to get on grid. But I do have a few of my sweetie and my car:


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post Jul 6 2007, 09:31 AM
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Holy Cow! -that looks like a HUGE course, more like a road course w/out the infield! Musta been a blast.
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post Jul 6 2007, 02:40 PM
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Holy Cow! -that looks like a HUGE course, more like a road course w/out the infield! Musta been a blast.


Yeah, Jack Murphy Stadium (I refuse to call it by whatever the corporate sponsor du jour is) has a huge open lot. Autox events there tend to be... well... faster than most... Great site. Sound restrictions (93 dB at 50 ft) are a little limiting, but they manage to have full events from multiple clubs all the time.

Makes me wonder though if PCA was adhering to the sound restrictions, I can't imagine Tom P's car getting in under the 93 dB limit... But it's been years since I've seen/heard his car up close.

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post Jul 6 2007, 03:25 PM
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The sound limit is 92 db and the meter was placed where the driver had to be at full throttle. Tom's car has a pair of those really nice, low restriction stainless steel racing mufflers that I wish I could afford. That's why I ran our 87 Turbo instead of the 914 race car. There were really no "flat" areas on the whole course, either up or down and most turns were off camber and decreasing radius to boot.
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